Last fall, R&B luminary Coco Jones released “ICU,” which came produced by DJ Camper and appeared as the second single on her November EP, What I Didn’t Tell You (she also released a deluxe edition in January). More recently, Jones has been teasing an “ICU” remix guest, who turned out to be none other than […]
Video: Jung Kook Ft. Latto “Seven”
Rest in peace. BTS Junk Kook connects with Latto on his new single, “Seven”. Directed by Bradley and Pablo, the accompanying music video centers Jung and South Korean actress Han So-hee during tense moments from a dinner out and a storm. “It’s the way that you can ride / Think I met you in another […]
Album: Dave East ‘Fortune Favors The Bold’
When the East is in the house. Dave East know his worth on his second studio album, Fortune Favors The Bold. Clocked in with 24 tracks, the Harlem rapper touches on the downside of fame with “Rich Problems” but adjusts nicely on the Mike WiLL Made-It-produced track, “WDGAF” featuring G-Eazy. Other tracks include “Million Off […]
Album: King Von ‘Grandson’
King Von lives forever. King Von’s legacy continues with his latest posthumous album, Grandson. Released by the late rapper’s estate, Grandson includes the Only The Family member’s lead singles “Robberies” and the most recent “Heartless” featuring Tee Grizzley. The 17-track set also includes “Don’t Miss“, “HitMan”, “All We Do Is Drill”, “When I Die, and […]
Album: Lil Tjay ‘222’
Guess who’s back. Lil Tjay makes his triumphant return, but never forgets on his third studio album, 222. Inspired by the date of the Bronx native’s near-death experience, the True To Myself rapper recalls the shooting on “June 22” and hurdling over life’s struggles on “Project Walls” featuring NBA YoungBoy. The album’s release also comes […]
Prewn – “But I Want More”
Prewn is a project based out of Northampton, Massachusetts led by Izzy Hagerup, and next month she’s releasing her debut album, Through The Window, via Exploding In Sound Records. Today, we’re getting its lead single, “But I Want More,” the sort of raw, immediate recording that makes one sit up and take notice: Hagerup’s quivering […]
Desert Daze Cancels 2023 Festival
The psych-focused Southern California festival Desert Daze has long been regarded as one of the best live music events going, a sentiment I can affirm after attending myself last year. Unfortunately, there will be no Desert Daze in 2023. The fest just announced that it is taking a year off and will return from Oct. […]
Mark Zuckerberg Is Out Here Wakeboarding To Aesop Rock
We have evidently decided to turn complete control of our society over to semi-human tech-dork freaks who want to fight each other, and everything that we learn about these people just makes them seem even stranger. Up until now, Mark Zuckerberg has always come off as the world’s most basic bitch, and that has extended […]
Madeline Kenney – “Plain Boring Disaster”
At the end of the month, Madeline Kenney is releasing a new album, A New Reality Mind. We’ve heard “Superficial Conversation” and “I Drew A Line” from it so far, and today Kenney is back with one last single, “Plain Boring Disaster,” a brief but affecting artsy pop song. “I think it’s easy to romanticize […]
Hannah Diamond – “Affirmations”
Last we heard from PC Music progeny Hannah Diamond, she’d released “Staring At The Ceiling,” her first new single since 2019’s Reflections LP. That was in February of last year. Today, the London-based multidisciplinary artist has shared a brand-new single called “Affirmations,” and it’s produced by David Gamson. “This one particular day we were on […]